Kaapse Brouwers

Microbrewery in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
Keilestraat 9 C, Rotterdam, 3029 BP, Netherlands
Description
Founder Tsjomme Zijlstra's idea to start his own brewery came to him after his time in England. He started to brew his own beer at home and decided in 2014 that he wanted go bigger. He met Menno and John, owners of Brouwerij de Molen in Bodegraven, and told them his story. They taught him how to brew with one of their old brewing installations. Kaapse Brouwers was born.

We are Kaapse Brouwers. We are the brewers who introduced craft beer to Rotterdam, and Rotterdam to the world. With our Kaapse recipes we brew non-conformist beers. We choose for bold recipes and love to experiment with different flavors to create contemporary craft beers.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
33cl can. A hazy orange golden beer with a off-white head. Aroma of oranges, some grapefruit, some lactose, yeast. Taste of oranges, grapefruit, some pine, tangerine, wheat. Moderate to long bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2022 at 20:54

7/10
Tried from Draft at Brewpub De Kromme Haring on 05 Aug 2022 at 17:01

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at GBBF 2022. Clear gold colour lasting white head. OK aroma. clean bitter in mouth. some lemon some leafy hop. decent.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2022 at 11:18

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
30th July 2022
Light haze on this amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, light and fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth rich malts, caramel and toffee, a little malt cream. The Calvados barrel is well delivered. Bright apple and rich ripe apple and apple booze. Nice touch of vanilla oak. Light finish. Yeah, really delivers the Calvados barrel whilst still retaining a decent malt depth. Tres drinkable.
Tried on 30 Jul 2022 at 21:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Black with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of oatmeal, wooden barrels and licorice sense. Sweet with a warm oatmeal and wooden barrels end. Full bodied.
Tried on 25 Jul 2022 at 20:16

6/10
Tried on 24 Jul 2022 at 09:48

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can at home, darker orange beer, small head. Aroma is malt, sweet, hops, citrus. Taste is the same, bitter, pine, resin, citrus, hop, quite dry aftertaste, very nice.
Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2022 at 18:45

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can at home, hazy orange beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, fruit, malt, hops. Taste is the same, sweet, hops, bitter, malt, bit wort. Very nice for low abv
Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2022 at 19:39

7.5/10
Tried from Draft at Dok Brewing Company on 01 Jul 2022 at 18:16

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Combined scores of two individual ratings 10 months apart from each other.

28/IV/23 - on tap @ DOK Brewing Company (Gent), BB: n/a (2023-xxx)
Ap: 8, Ar: 8, Fl: 8, Txt: 6, O: 7.5, Total: 7.6

Pretty cloudy beige beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: tonka beans and if not, then at least definitely some cinnamon. Fruity as well, quite some passion fruit, juicy, more tonka and cinnamon notes, a bit of vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, good acidity, lots of tonka, pretty dry, sourish, a little bitter, spicy, passion fruit, bitter. Aftertaste: spicy, gentle acidity, fruity, more acidic, dry, tonka beans, a little bitter, more tonka, hint of vanilla.

1/VII/22 - on tap @ DOK Brewing Fest (Gent), BB: n/a (2022-815) Thanks to all for sharing the beer!
Ap: 6, Ar: 8, Fl: 8, Txt: 6, O: 8, Total: 7.5

Clear pale yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: oh my, that’s a lot of tonka all right, lot of cinnamon too, some vanilla, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty nice and clean acidity, a little bitter, lots and lots of tonka, a bit fruity. Aftertaste: nice, spicy, more tonka, fruity, a gentle bitterness, good sourness, nice one! Ha, second tonka sour ever, and that within one week of one another. The other one was La Source Bélier, also very nice!
Tried from Draft at Dok Brewing Company on 01 Jul 2022 at 17:30